Thermometer.



H. L. BEACH.

THERMOMETER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1914.

1, 1 32,426. Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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HARRY L. BEACH, OF COSHOCTON, OHIO.

THERMOMETER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16,1915.

Application filed June 30, 1914. Serial N 0. 848,273.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY L. BEACH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Coshocton, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Thermometer, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in thermometers.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a suitableframe or provide a thermometer casing of the class described which isadapted to receive suitable advertising matter and, at the same time,may be cheap-1y manufactured by a merely stamping any suitable sheetmetal into the desired form and then providing the same with the usualvertical slot to expose the thermometer tube.

With'these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and specifically pointed out inthe claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within thescope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from thesplrlt or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing, in which like reference characters designatecorresponding partsln each of the several figures: Figure 1 1s a frontView of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof. Fig. 3 is acentral vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a transversesection of Fig. 1, about midway of the length thereof.

The device of the present invention consists in providing a frame orcasing 1 preferably stamped of suitable sheet metal of suflicientstrength and thickness to maintain its form and to withstand any hardusage to which it may be subjected. This frame,

as shown in the drawing, is of a vertically elongated rectangular shape,though it is to be understood that any form or contour capable ofreceiving and housing thethermometer and the carrying means therefor maybe adopted.

The frame'l is provided with an inwardly directed flange 2, extendingaround the four sides thereof and of suflicient depth to space the frontface 3 of the frame away from the wall or other surface to which thedevice may be applied, a distance greater than the thickness of thethermometer tube and bulb carrying means 4 to be presently described.The frame is also provided with a central vertically arranged sightopening in the form of a slot 5 extending throughoutthe major portion ofthe length of the frame,

and'is for the purpose of exposing to View the tube 6 of the thermometerproper, which may be of the ordinary construction. Flanking the side orsides of the slot or sight opening 5 are arranged the customarygraduations or degrees 7, to indicate the. temperature in the usualmanner, and these marks or degrees may be formed in any desired way. Atthe lower end of the slot or sight opening 5, the sheet metal from whichthe frame member 1 is formed is struck up or pressed outwardly toprovide an approximately elliptically shaped offset cover or housing 8adapted to receive the mercury bulb 9 of the thermometer, when theholder 4 therefor is applied to the frame 1 in a manner to be described.

The thermometer support or holder 4 consists of a comparatively narrowblock or strip of wood of a length sufficient to extend from a pointadjacent the shoulder of the said mercury bulb 9 to a point slightlybeyond the upper end of the tube 6. The holder is provided on its frontface with a central longitudinal recess 10 of a depth equal to thediameter of the said tube, and

extending upwardly from the lower edge of the holder 4 a distance equalto the length of the thermometer tube, said slot terminating at itsupper end in a slight inwardly or wooden block or holder, small tacks orbrads I 14- being used to secure the straps to said block. It will thusbe seen that the block 4, carrying the thermometer, is capable .of beinghandled without-any danger of displace-- trally arranged, alinedopeningslfi, through which nails or screws may be passed for the purposeof securing the device to any suitable support. Ample space may beprovided at the top and bottom of the front plate or face of the frameto be imprinted with advertising matter. It will be observed that withthis construction and arrangement of parts, the tube and bulb of thethermometer are arranged wholly within the casing or frame, and that itis practically impossible to give, either accidentally or maliciously, av

blow to the same thatwould cause damage or breakage to the thermometer,and that the same is efi'ectually shielded, so as to preventaccumulation of snow, ice, or dirt to interfere with the ready readingof the thermometer. v

'llhe deviceis of such simple construction that'the same may becheaply-manufactured and. given away as an-adverti'sing'medium,

asitis susceptible of enamel or other ornamentationto augment its appearance. 1; By the described method of attaching the tube and bulb inplace, the thermometer may be shipped through the mails without dangerof-breakage, and this is one of the special advantages of the invention.

What is claimed is a 1. A thermometer comprising a frame provided withan inwardly extending marginal flange forming a'hollow casing withtherear v side open, and having a central lorilgitudinally disposed slotand an ofl'set cover at the lower end of the slot, a separate blockhav-;. ing a longitudinal recess of a depth to res:

nieaaae ceive the thermometer tube, leaving the bulb projecting from thelower end, means for securing the tube within the recess of the block,and means for securing the block to and against the rear faceof theframe within the marginal flange, so as to present the thermometer tubein line with the longitudinal slot and the thermometer bulb within theofl'set cover.

2. A thermometer comprising a frame provided with an inwardly extendingmarginal the block to and against the rear face of the frame within themarginal flange so as to present the thermometer tube in line withthelongitudinal slot but wholly back of the rear face of the front partof the casing and the thermometer bulb within the offset cover.

3. A thermometer comprising a frame provided with an inwardly extendingmarginal flange forming a hollow casing with the rear side open, saidframe having a longitudinally disposed slot and an offset cover at thelower end ofjthe slot, a block having a longitudinal recess of a depthto receive a thermometer tube with the bulb projecting be low the lowerend of the block, means to hold the tube in\the recess of the block, andscrews for securing the block to and against the rear face of the framewithin the marginal flange, so as to present the thermometer tube inline with the longitudinal slot butwholly back of the rear face of thefront part of the casing and the thermometer tube within the offsetcover.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have heretoaffixed my signawe ture in the-presence of two witnesses.

v u HARRY BEACH.

. Witnesses;

SLHoo'rMA'N, MAneARnr QUINLAN;

